Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook
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About this journal
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Since its foundation in 1960, the Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook has established itself as an internationally recognized journal of economic history with its own profile. This is particularly true since the journal's reorientation with regards to content and methodology after its refoundation in 1992 under an expanded editorial board.
The Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook is published semi-annually, each volume contains articles on a specific topic, reports and discussions on the current state of research and literature, and introducesnew research projects. It is thus aimed not only at economic and social historians, but also at economists and social scientists as well as a broad circle of people interested in economic history. All submissions are subject to a double-blind peer review with at least two reviewers.
JWG Prize for Economic History
In 2016, the Yearbook for Economic History established an annual Prize for Economic History. A jury sel ects the be st contribution published within the Yearbook for Economic History during a 12 month period. The award takes the form of a €500 book voucher from the De Gruyter publishing house. The jury is made up of members of the editorial and advisory board. Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication in the Yearbook for Economic History and thus successfully gone through a double-blind review process, it is automatically submitted to the competition. An additional application is not necessary. Suitable manuscripts may be submitted to the Yearbook’s editorial staff.
Prize Winners
2026: Laura Miquel Milian/Albert Reixach Sala/Pere Verdés Pijuan. Investing in a New Financial Instrument: The First Buyers of Urban Debt in Catalonia (mid-14th century). JWG 2025/1, pp. 157-203.
2025: Anne Sophie Overkamp/Jon Stobart. Networks of Supply and Elite Consumers in England and Germany, c. 1750-1830. JWG 24/2. S.4 97-525
2024: Alexander Engel. Patterns of Everyday Exchange: Big Historical Data and the Case of the Basel Ad vertisement Paper, 1729–1844. JWG 2023/1, S. 143-178.
2023: Frank Decker. The Monetary Union of Australia, New Zealand and the Unit ed Kingdom – Its Operation, Fragmentation and Break-up. JWG 2022/2, S. 375-407.
2022: Stefanie Middendorf. Notstand und Sachverstand. Zur Konfliktgestaltung der Weimarer Zwangsanleihe. JWG 2021/2, S. 405-442.
2021: Alessandro Monti. Mozart und seine Subskription der drei Klavierkonzerte KV 413-415 von 1783: Eine wirtschaftshistorische Betrachtung der Erlös- und Preismodelle der Subskription und des Abonnements im 17. und 18. Jahrhunde rt. JWG 2020/2, S. 297-318.
2020: Alessandro Nuvolari/Michaelangelo Vasta. Patenting the Risorg imento: Economic Integration and the Formation of the Italian Patent System (1855-1872). JWG 2019/1, S. 93-122.
2019. Ulrich Pfister. Real Wag es in Germany during the First Phase of Industrialization, 1850-1889. JWG 2018/2, S. 567-596.
2018: Tobias Jopp. Ein glücksökonomischer modifizierter Human Development Index für Deutschland 1920-1960. JWG 2017/1, S. 239-278.
2017: Sarah S. Elkind. Extracting Property Values and Oil. Los Angele’s Petroleum in Booms and the Definition of Urban Space in the Twentieth Century. JWG 2016/1, S. 91-113.
2016: Roman Rossfeld. „Abgedrehte Kupferwaren": Kriegsmaterialexporte der schweizerischen Uhren-, Metall- und Maschinenindu strie im Ersten Weltkrieg. JWG 2015/2, S. 515-551.
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Issue 2Epidemics and Pandemics / Epidemien und Pandemien Guest Editors: Tobias A. Jopp and Markus Lampe
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Issue 1Credit in the Middle Ages / Kredite im Mittelalter Guest Editors: Stephan Nicolussi-Köhler, Marco Conti and Kirsten Wandschneider
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Issue 2Wood-based Businesses and the Economic Development of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Holzwirtschaft und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Europa im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert Verantwortlich: Martin Bemmann und Timothy W. Guinnane
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Issue 1International Knowledge Transfer and Circulation within the Brewing Industry / Internationaler Wissenstransfer und -zirkulation in der Brauwirtschaft, Verantwortlich: Nancy Bodden und Jana Weiß
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Issue 2Deutsche Banken auf dem Weg in die zweite Globalisierung / German Banks on the Way to the Second Globalization Verantwortlich: Friederike Sattler und Dieter Ziegler
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Issue 1Digital Methods in History Verantwortlich: Ulrich Fritsche und Mark Spoerer
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Issue 2International Lending of Last Resort in Historical and Theoretical Perspectives / Internationale Kreditvergabe der letzten Instanz in historischen und theoretischen Perspektiven
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Issue 1Immobilienmärkte in der historischen Forschung / Real Estate Markets in Historical Research, Verantwortlich: Peter Kramper und Markus Lampe
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Issue 2Staatsfinanzen und Konflikt / State Finances and Conflict, Verantwortlich: Korinna Schönhärl und Mark Spoerer
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Issue 1Fertilisers in the Long 19th Century and Beyond: Usage, Commercialisation and Production (c 1800-1939) / Düngemittel im langen 19. Jahrhundert und darüber hinaus: Nutzung, Vermarktung und Produktion (ca. 1800-1939) Verantwortlich: Christine Strotmann, Laurent Herment, Arnaud Page, Reinhold Reith
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Issue 2Im Gedenken an Toni Pierenkemper / In Memory of Toni Pierenkemper Verantwortlich: Rainer Fremdling und Richard Tilly
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Issue 1Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Sinn? Unternehmer zwischen Gottesfurcht und Marktglaube im modernen Kapitalismus / In Search of Lost Meaning? Businesspeople in Modern Capitalism between Fear of God and Faith in the Market Verantwortlich: Boris Gehlen, Martin Lutz, Hans-Michael Trautwein
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Issue 2Friends or Foes of Transformation? Economic Elites in Post-Soviet Ukraine / Freunde oder Feinde der Transformation? Wirtschaftseliten in der post-sowjetischen Ukraine Verantwortlich: Oksana Huss, Olena Petrenko, Dieter Ziegler
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Issue 1Patent Law and Innovation in Europe during the Industrial Revolution / Patentrecht und Innovationen in Europa während der Industriellen Revolution
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Issue 2Erfahrung und Erwartung / Experience and Expectation Verantwortlich: Mark Jakob, Alexander Nützenadel, Jochen Streb
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Issue 1Börsengeschichte / Stock Market History editors: Carsten Burhop, Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer
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Issue 2Unternehmen im Transformationsprozess: Ostdeutsche und osteuropäische Perspektiven / Corporations in Transformation: East German and East European Perspectives Issue Editors: Ulrike Schulz, Swen Steinberg, Timothy W. Guinnane
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Issue 1Industriepolitik in Westeuropa seit den 1960er Jahren / Industrial Policy in Western Europe since the 1960s editors: Ralf Ahrens, Astrid M. Eckert, Dieter Ziegler
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Every issue of the Economic History Yearbook contains articles on a specific theme; in addition, new economic history research and results on any topic can be published. All contributions go through a double-blind peer review with at least two referees.
Your contribution in the Economic History Yearbook
We invite you to contribute finished manuscripts and suggestions for theme issues. We are happy to receive contributions from various regions and epochs. The research methods can be quantitative or qualitative or a combination of both.
The Yearbook publishes original manuscripts in either English or Geramn (no translations). Manuscripts offered may not be published in other publications.
If you wish to suggest a theme issue, please send us a short description of your topic and approach, as well as a list of your authors.
Please send your manuscripts to the editorial office: redaktion-jwg@uni-mannheim.de
Together with your manuscript, please submit:
- Title in English and German
- Abstract (200 words)
- CV (200 words)
- Your postal and email address
- JEL-codes
- Keywords in English and German
Format of the manuscript
The following sets out essential format guidelines. If you have further question, pls contact: redaktion-jwg@uni-mannheim.de
Sections of the Economic History Yearbook originally written in German adhere to the new German spelling rules (Neue deutsche Rechtschreibung). Contributions should not exceed 50 manuscript pages in length (1.5 spacing, hyphenless justification), including illustrations, graphics and tables.
Footnotes should all be at the end of each respective page, indicated by superscript numbers at the end of the respective sentence.
All tables, graphics and illustrations should as a matter of principle be clearly put together and of a good resolution (a minimum of 300dpi for graphics). They should be preceded by a title and numbered consecutively. Print space should be no more than 131mm x 190mm. All tables, graphics and illustrations should also each be sent along with the manuscript as separate data.
Bibliographies should be compiled as follows: Authors’ first names should be abbreviated. First names, surnames and editors should be italicised; editors are identified by (Ed.) behind the name. Between the name of the author and the title a comma should be inserted; the main and subtitle should be separated by a full stop. A comma should separate the title and the place of publication, the year of publication should follow without any further punctuation marks. In each case only the first place of publication should be given.
For articles in periodicals the relevant volume or book should be denoted, not the year. Volume numbers should directly succeed the periodical title, with the year following after a comma. Consecutive citations of the same author can be denoted by ‘Ibid.’. When the title of a work is repeated it can be written in abbreviated form. The first reference to a title should be made using the full title; reference to the same source thereafter may be referred to in short. Internet sources should be given with the full internet address as well as the date it was last accessed.
Editor in Chief:
Prof. Dr. Jochen Streb, University of Mannheim, Germany
Co-Editors:
Prof. Dr. Alexander Nützenadel, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Jun.-Prof. Laetitia Lenel, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dieter Ziegler, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Advisory Board:
Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop, University of Bonn, Germany
Prof. Dr. Herman de Jong, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Timothy W. Guinnane, Yale University, USA
Prof. Dr. Markus Lampe, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Prof. Dr. Werner Plumpe, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tanja Skambraks, Graz University, Austria
Prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Trautwein, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Wandschneider, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Editorial office:
Katerina Piro, University of Mannheim, Germany
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